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          NBC Sports Chair Dick Ebersol said that NBC "was
     waiting" for the NHL "to decide" whether the league's
     players will compete in the 2002 Olympic Games before
     finalizing its programming schedule for the event.  Ebersol
     said that "depending on the NHL's decision, which is
     expected to be made shortly, Olympic programming on one of
     the cable channels could be devoted solely to hockey during
     2002" (DESERET NEWS, 10/25)....In Salt Lake, Glen Warchol
     reported on the three mascots for the 2002 Olympic Games and
     wrote that Mattel "is coughing up" $1M in royalties for the
     right to make the plush stuffed versions of the mascots. 
     Warchol, on SLOC's contest which asked residents to name the
     three mascots: "Not surprising, SLOC is relieved one contest
     write-in, 'Greed,' 'Graft' and 'Bribery,' didn't stand a
     chance."  SLOC Marketing Communications Dir Bob Hess, with
     "tongue firmly planted in his check": "That guy obviously
     doesn't understand the whole process" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE,
     10/25)....In Colorado Springs, Ralph Routon calls on
     outgoing USOC President Bill Hybl to remain in office: "You
     don't have to leave.  Not just yet. ... Many people don't
     realize Hybl has been a stabilizing influence inside the
     USOC for two decades" (Colorado Springs GAZETTE, 10/26).  


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